[3] The Progressive Conservatives won the election, and Hoy served as his party's agriculture critic for the next four years.
He endorsed Dwight Duncan's bid to lead the Ontario Liberal Party in 1996.
[4] Because of redistribution, Hoy was forced to face another incumbent, Progressive Conservative Jack Carroll, in new riding of Chatham-Kent—Essex in the 1999 provincial election.
[5] The Tories again won the election, and Hoy continued to serve as his party's agriculture critic until 2000, when he was transferred to transportation.
[6] He became Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs in December of that year.